About Hiring Company:
The Hiring Company (EV Search’s Client) is a multinational, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company with a primary focus on researching, developing, and marketing prescription drugs for some of the most severe illnesses in the world. We employ over 3,000 people, and our annual income is close to $1 billion.
Key Responsibilities:
- Continuously acquire and update necessary scientific knowledge on therapeutic areas and relevant compounds.
- Develop and implement the local medical plan to address unmet medical needs in priority disease areas and ensure alignment with the brand plan.
- Collaborate with MSL to seek input from MSL insights for the development of the local medical plan.
- Develop and implement pre-launch medical plans/activities for new products at least 2 years prior to the planned launch in the country to address key clinical and scientific challenges
- Provide medical leadership on faculty and content development for medical programs including national congresses, advisory boards, scientific exchange meetings, publications, and CMEs to meet identified needs
- Ensure that the Medical Information provided both to external and internal customers is timely, relevant, accurate, and scientifically balanced
- Provide local medical expertise to local area/regional brand teams
- Provide medical input to phase 1 to 4 study protocols, study feasibility, and support operational delivery
- Provide Medical expertise to support PSP market research, PASS, and ESRO.
- Completion of the medical academy
- Number of reactive ESRO discussion
- Delivery of approved prelaunch medical plan in cooperation with local brand strategy
- Implementation of the prelaunch medical plan.
- Proactive update of medical knowledge in the internal meeting
- An approved Medical plan that is fully aligned with the Brand plan.
- Medical information should meet defined market standards – time, and quality in 5 days.
- 40% of the time in the field is required for engagement with the highest priority HCPs and key external stakeholders' engagement
- Share emerging data with HCPs, discussing all aspects of the data in a scientific, objective, and balanced way
- Disseminate results of studies completed to the medical community by translating their clinical values and incorporating them into business strategies
- Attend relevant scientific congresses and HCP meetings to gather new knowledge on AZ compounds, competitor information, and therapeutic area
- Conduct professional scientific communication or presentation (become chairperson/presenter when necessary) with key opinion leaders (prominent
- Liaise with local investigators and the External Sponsored Research organization to support research initiatives.
- Internally communicate competitive intelligence
- Time in the field versus plan
- Timeliness and the actual number of achievements: P2P, 1:1 interaction, advisory board, publication, CME, responses to queries versus plan
- Market preparation of new launch products and/or pipelines among OLs.
- customer feedback post events/symposia
- Idea generation of the company-sponsored clinical research
- Oversight and accountability of the operation of the studies
- Initiate research discussions, for example, NIS, with customers to develop studies that will fulfill global and local business strategies. (May as part of the review team conduct an initial assessment of any ISS proposals)Participate as a key member of the brand team as a strategic partner towards LCM actions including potential business development opportunities
- Develop NIS or registry studies to address unmet medical needs.
- Developing partnerships with OLs to develop their capabilities of conducting medical studies
- Number of discussions - NIS/IIS Proposals
- Oversight of all accountability of the operation of the studies, i.e. Milestones, quality, and capacity of the study
- Timely publications of studies completed
- Initiatives with investigators to develop capabilities in conducting medical studies
- Support to develop drug value pack and communicate it to Key Decision Makers
- Support market access activities that shape market understanding of disease, diagnosis, and treatment options
- Proactive cross-functional collaboration with regulatory and other teams in drug registration in earlier and broader accessibility aligned to the brand strategy
- Number of communications to KDMs versus plan
- Meet the critical project timeline
- Feedback from cross-functional team
- Provide effective Medical/clinical training (basic science and disease knowledge, drug profile, clinical data) to internal colleagues in line with expressed needs of MSL manager and sales managers:
- Ensures own knowledge and knowledge of team members of best practices and new relevant developments is up to date
- Percent completion of training conducted versus plan as per the business needs versus plan
- Feedback from participants; facilitator effectiveness averages more than 4 points
- MSL and MR competency in terms of disease knowledge, drug profile, and clinical data (through MSL Accreditation)
- Accountable for ensuring Promotional Compliance: Provide medical input to the creation, development, and agreement of promotional material and ensure all material is in line with internal SOPs and meets IFPMA code
- If appropriate to the market, Ensure that Pharmacovigilance activities meet internal SOP and local regulations
- Ensure clinical studies are carried out in accordance with AZ SOPs and cGCP. Support the Clinical team in selecting appropriate investigators and sites optimizing quality, delivery, and commercial benefit
- Aligns with the values and vision of AZ
- Actively participate in/encourage the development of the AZ culture
- Ensures compliance with the AZ code of conduct, Corporate Governance, audit requirements, guidelines, codes, policies, and procedures
- Ensures that company confidentiality is maintained (i.e. intellectual property, product, strategic, and salary information)
- Discloses potential breach of codes or conducts
- Display behaviors consistent with the AZ vision and values (those with line reports, their team members demonstrates the same)
- Feedback from others; climate survey
- No non-compliance issues were raised with local and global policies and procedures
- No valid complaints from competitors against marketing practice
- No breach of confidentiality. All disclosures are investigated and resolved
- No critical finding in relevant internal or regulatory authority audits
- Develop functional capability in the role
- Communicate, develop, and role model AZ culture and AZ Values & Behaviours
- Develop individual and team accountability
- Identify areas for self-development and discuss developmental needs with the line manager using the 70-20-10 principle (experiential learning, coaching/networking/relationship-based learning, and classroom training)
- Attend & actively participate in learning programs, training, projects, and meetings (where needed)
- 100% completion of training as required on Medical Academy
- Feedback on congress report/highlights shared with the cross-functional team as planned – completed feedback templates
- Having a personal development plan and completing identified development activities as planned Feedback from key stakeholders (optional)
Qualification and Experiences
- A medical degree with specialization, or appropriate experience, in the required product or disease area
- Medical/Scientific knowledge in the responsible disease area
- Interest in a long-term career in the pharmaceutical industry
- Excellent presentation skills
- An ability to travel
- Fluency in English is required
Desirable
- Qualified Doctor
- MSc/PhD in a scientific discipline
- Understanding of multiple aspects of Medical Affairs
- Knowledge of the latest technical and regulatory developments (essential for Sr MAM)
- Experience of Medical Affairs function within a pharmaceutical industry (essential for Sr MAM)
- Experience in relationship and stakeholder management
- (essential for senior MA)
- Project management experience
- Team management experience (essential for senior MAM)
How to apply: Please send your CV to the consultant in charge
Mr. Minh Nguyen
E-mail: minh.nguyen@ev-search.com
